Homestretch

I wrote about my son, a baseball fanatic, overcoming over coaching in homestretch writing – about blocking out all the voices and following your gut. ❋ Unknown (2008)

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Senate’s Wall Street bill in homestretch « - Blogs from CNN. com ❋ Unknown (2010)

Pulling ahead in the homestretch is a classic move in raw politics. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Papelbon should realize that adding a quality, experienced southpaw to any bullpen down the homestretch is a major bonus, and a practice as old as the playoffs themselves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We're into the so-called "homestretch," counting the moments until the Yanks are mathematically eliminated, gearing up for two big series against the spirit-crushing Blue Jays ❋ Unknown (2008)

ROVNER: ... that, you know, that they go out too fast and they burn themselves out and they, you know, they hit that homestretch and they just - they - it's like they stop running. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Democrat Martha Coakley, buoyed by her durable statewide popularity, enjoys a solid, 15-percentage-point lead over Republican rival Scott Brown as the race for US Senate enters the homestretch, according to a new Boston Globe poll of likely voters.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

There was no activity in the mule and sheep barn, the first one you saw as you came around the homestretch outside the track. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

Many in the party expect the nomination battle to succeed him will be a major asset to GOP House and Senate candidates, serendipitously timed to coincide with the homestretch of the midterm election campaign. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Motion, overtook his competitors on the homestretch to win the 137th Kentucky Derby. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The event is part of a busy campaign homestretch that will send Obama coast to coast trying to raise money and generate enthusiasm for Democratic candidates trying to hold the party's majorities in the House and Senate. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

While Sanchez threw for a career-high 26 touchdowns this year, he also threw 18 interceptions and struggled in the season's homestretch, failing to deliver the level of progress Ryan hoped he'd make in his third season. ❋ Chris Herring (2012)

And then they turn the corner, that sweeping turn at Belmont, and come into the homestretch. ❋ Unknown (2010)

* Anne Kornblut has Obama's homestretch campaign schedule: He's hitting Philadelphia, Bridgeport, Chicago, and Cleveland over the final campaign weekend. ❋ Greg Sargent (2010)

WASHINGTON — Girding for the campaign's homestretch, President Barack Obama is quietly using the powers of his office to fire up a reeling Democratic Party. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Deep-pocketed independent political groups are making the 2010 election homestretch the most scathing in years. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

But Verica, Metheny and Rocco need Saturday's game -- each for different reasons -- to regain some momentum heading into the season's homestretch. ❋ Steve Yanda (2010)